Incheon Ongjin County Governor Indicted for Election Law Violation... Donated 510,000 Won to 4 Churches

Mungyeongbok, Mayor of Ongjin County, Incheon

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The Criminal Division 6 of Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Son Sangwook) announced on the 17th that they have indicted Moon Gyeongbok (67), the mayor of Ongjin-gun, Incheon, without detention on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act for donating money under the name of offerings to churches within the electoral district.

Moon is accused of donating 510,000 won to four churches in Ongjin-gun, Incheon, under the name of offerings ahead of the June 1 local elections.

According to the Public Official Election Act, candidates or those intending to become candidates are prohibited from making donations to voters or organizations within the electoral district. However, donations of customary offerings, including goods, to churches, cathedrals, or temples regularly attended by religious persons are excluded from prohibited donations.

Earlier, the police judged that Moon's act of donating money to several churches within the electoral district that were far from his residence could not be considered customary offerings and referred the case to the prosecution.

The prosecution excluded about 500,000 won of the illegal donation amount of approximately 1 million won, which Moon had given to the church he regularly attended, from the charges applied by the police.

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